Ashland Inc.

NYSE:ASH Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.3b

Ashland Valuation

Is ASH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ASH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: ASH ($72.61) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($88.08)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: ASH is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ASH?

Key metric: As ASH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ASH. This is calculated by dividing ASH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ASH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio44.3x
EarningsUS$75.00m
Market CapUS$3.33b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ASH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ASH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.6x
FUL H.B. Fuller
16x9.33%US$3.0b
AVNT Avient
21.1x19.91%US$3.4b
MTX Minerals Technologies
14.6x16.53%US$2.2b
IOSP Innospec
18.5x14.91%US$2.1b
ASH Ashland
44.3x31.77%US$3.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ASH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.3x) compared to the peer average (17.6x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ASH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
No more companies available in this PE range
ASH 44.3xIndustry Avg. 25.6xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ASH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.3x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (25.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ASH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ASH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44.3x
Fair PE Ratio26x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ASH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ASH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$72.61
US$78.09
+7.55%
10.89%US$90.00US$58.00n/a11
Jul ’27US$66.69
US$68.82
+3.19%
15.17%US$90.00US$50.00n/a11
Jun ’27US$58.01
US$64.00
+10.33%
10.10%US$75.00US$50.00n/a11
May ’27US$51.82
US$63.60
+22.73%
8.47%US$71.00US$50.00n/a10
Apr ’27US$55.44
US$68.00
+22.66%
6.31%US$73.00US$60.00n/a10
Mar ’27US$62.36
US$68.00
+9.04%
6.31%US$73.00US$60.00n/a10
Feb ’27US$61.16
US$65.20
+6.61%
12.97%US$77.00US$51.00n/a10
Jan ’27US$58.67
US$65.20
+11.13%
11.16%US$77.00US$51.00n/a10
Dec ’26US$58.13
US$63.20
+8.72%
10.93%US$77.00US$51.00n/a10
Nov ’26US$48.90
US$63.50
+29.86%
14.04%US$79.00US$52.00n/a10
Oct ’26US$48.19
US$64.00
+32.81%
13.17%US$79.00US$53.00n/a10
Sep ’26US$56.15
US$65.11
+15.96%
12.67%US$79.00US$53.00n/a9
Aug ’26US$50.50
US$66.11
+30.91%
13.00%US$79.00US$53.00n/a9
Jul ’26US$52.50
US$68.11
+29.74%
15.20%US$85.00US$50.00US$66.699
Jun ’26US$49.51
US$68.11
+37.57%
15.20%US$85.00US$50.00US$58.019
May ’26US$49.03
US$68.67
+40.05%
15.17%US$85.00US$50.00US$51.829
Apr ’26US$57.78
US$80.11
+38.65%
11.00%US$93.00US$68.00US$55.449
Mar ’26US$60.82
US$86.10
+41.57%
11.11%US$105.00US$68.00US$62.3610
Feb ’26US$63.49
US$86.80
+36.71%
10.51%US$105.00US$68.00US$61.1610
Jan ’26US$71.46
US$92.80
+29.86%
8.18%US$105.00US$84.00US$58.6710
Dec ’25US$78.06
US$95.70
+22.60%
6.95%US$105.00US$83.00US$58.1310
Nov ’25US$84.82
US$101.00
+19.08%
6.45%US$110.00US$89.00US$48.9010
Oct ’25US$85.89
US$100.60
+17.13%
6.61%US$110.00US$89.00US$48.1910
Sep ’25US$89.50
US$100.80
+12.63%
6.55%US$110.00US$89.00US$56.1510
Aug ’25US$96.09
US$109.80
+14.27%
8.45%US$126.00US$90.00US$50.5010
Jul ’25US$92.07
US$109.80
+19.26%
8.45%US$126.00US$90.00US$52.5010
US$78.09
Fair Value
7.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/31 21:42
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/31 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/09/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Ashland Inc. is covered by 21 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William SeleskyArgus Research Company
John McNultyBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
David BegleiterDeutsche Bank